I’m so stoked! I had a glimpse of an early copy of one of the books we have been translating for years now. I’ll probably have a copy by next week and I can’t wait to share it on the blog along with some favorite quotes. I will share the physical copies to our church and if possible to a reader if I can do a raffle. Keep on praying for it and more updates coming soon.
Anyways, to jumpstart the weekend, here’s a fresh batch of freebies.
FREE webinar Raising a Generation that Hopes in God – This free webinar is made possible by Truth78 and their speaker is John Piper.
There’s another long weekend for us to enjoy after the Holy Week holiday we had. For my family, this is the long weekend that we will unwind after my daughter’s VBS and me catching up with my translation back log. Finally, the break we really need!
Anyways, here’s some quotes from a book I recently finished titled, Heavenly Minded authored by Mary Willson Hannah and was published by 10 Publishing. If you like these quotes, grab the book by clicking here.
“…the Bible teaches us that the most fundamental aspects of Christian identity are firmly fixed. It’s folly to look anywhere other than Christ to discover who we really are.”
Humorous as it might seem, there are some Baptist groups who seriously believe this teaching :that Jesus Christ is a Baptist. They claim since John the Baptist is “the Baptist” therefore when he baptized Jesus, Jesus is now a Baptist. What was initially a tongue in cheek response to stump another pastor of a different group, turns into a doctrine that some Bible Baptist (or IFB in the Philippines) adhere to. Samples of this kind of preaching are videos like this and this.
This kind of doctrine is problematic and brings lots of questions rather than answers. Here are my five reasons why I don’t affirm this doctrine:
It’s the midweek and I hope everyone are good! I would like to take the opportunity to say Thank you to those who regularly visit this blog, liking and commenting on it. It means so much to me that you’re still there despite, behind the scenes, I have my ever busy day job and multiple side hustle, that I almost forgot to update my blog. May all of you be blessed by God by this gesture.
Anyways, here’s a new batch of quotes published by Crossway, from their wonderful series, Church Questions, titled Am I Called to Ministry? authored by Brad Wheeler. If you like these quotes, you can buy the book by clicking this link.
“Teaching is at the heart of pastoral ministry. A pastor isn’t an activities programmer or a personal motivator but a Bible teacher.”
Happy Friday! Here’s a new collection of quotes from an upcoming book from The Good Book Company, 5 Things To Pray for a Suffering Friend authored by Helen Thorne. If you like what you read, get your copy by following this link.
“Look up! That is the key to perseverance. Not looking in—to our pain. Not looking down—in despair. But up—up to the King, the Lord, the Saviour, the one who has gone before us and who will use hard things to make our faith complete.“
I have to admit, that the theological error that almost duped me in my early days of being a Calvinist, has a specific name, thanks to the title of the book. I was so pumped with the doctrine of grace. However, I stumbled upon Curtis Hudson’s sermon refuting this biblical doctrine. The Sword of the Lord folks (from the IFB group) are debunking Lordship Salvation, by responding with a variant of hyper-grace. By God’s grace and through his faithful teachers like John MacArthur, I found some counter points and didn’t abandoned the doctrine of sovereign grace. Free-grace or hyper grace is the false answer to Lordship Salvation. That happened years ago and it came from the IFB camp. I never knew I would encounter it again through this new book from Pastor Namuco and according to him, it’s alive and well in our place, Batangas City. So I reached out to him and even in his busy schedule, he gave me a very brief interview. If you want more, you can reach him and buy his book, Truth and Grace at the of this article.
Hello Pastor Celso. Kindly tell something about yourself. I was born and raised in Batangas. I am happily married to my better half, Hanny Namuco, and we are blessed to have four children: JC, Eu-La, SJ, and EJ. I am the senior founding pastor and teacher of Christ Stewards Fellowship in Libjo, Batangas City. I also do pioneering church planting work at Taguig City for our Church, CSF.
What is hyper-grace? Like in a movie review, I don’t want to spoil the reader’s desire to study my first published book, Truth and Grace. I can only provide a blurb of the book or a movie teaser so it won’t lose their curiosity about what hyper-grace is. This is the modern term for the old heresy of antinomianism. It simply means anti-law. It lessens the importance of God’s law in a Christian’s life. It is the opposite of its twin heresy, legalism. These two erroneous gospels are two sides of the same coin. They are both enemies of sanctification.
Happy Monday! Glad you stop by to check out some of these freebies that I curated throughout last week. If you benefited to these round-up, consider giving any amount to help me make more of this content. you can find the details at the end of this post.
Anyways, here’s a fresh batch of freebies.
FREE lectures Continuation or Cessation of Miracle Gifts Today (Grace Ministerial Academy) – Everyone is invite to this free 4-part lecture series on Grace Ministerial Academy’s FB livestream featuring Pastor Noel A. Espinosa. Go to this link for more info.
Happy Monday! Let’s jump start our week with quotes from a book that inevitably help me review or refresh my biblical counseling course I took last July. Basically, this book by Tim Lane, Living Without Worry published by The Good Book Company, is a great help for those who worry (i.e. you and I). So enjoy these quotes and if you like them, would you consider getting a copy of this book here?
“…worry is over-concern that results from “over-loving” something—that is, loving it more than God. Concern results when you love something in a proper way and not more than God. Indifference is a lack of love. It is the opposite of worry, not the antidote or cure for worry.”
Here are the latest children’s books from New Growth Press and The Good Book Company that are guaranteed the best Christmas stocking stuffers for your little ones.
Give God Your Worries, Good Gifts Comes From God, andOur Great God(Bible Verses to Remember Series, Sally Michael & Sengsavane Chounramany, New Growth Press) – This is the latest series that helps kids memorize portions of Scripture through delightful stories and additional content in the book.
Happy Friday! Here’s some quotes from a short book by A. W. Pink. It’s part of a series published by Chapel Library. If you like these quotes, you can download or order by mail this book for free by following this link.
“Where there is faith in Christ there will be delight in His commandments, and a sorrowing when they are broken by us.”
Delighting Grace 